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Imprisoning Heroes

Discussion in 'General Movie Discussion' started by adamclark83, Sep 8, 2017.

  1. adamclark83

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    I wasn't sure which section this belonged in but it does deal with aspects of Star Wars as well as other fantasy movies.

    I'm writing a fan-story about Princess Nerwin from the movie "Throne of Elves" where she's held captive by Elena and I'm having trouble trying to get into Elena's head as to why she's doing what she is.

    Why do the villains like making heroes suffer in dark, evil throne rooms versus a location that is familiar and well-known to the hero? Does it give the villain a sense of power and authority over the hero since their out of their element, so to speak?
     
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    I'm sorry but the answer is very obvious. A villain is, by its very definition, an evil character/a character committed to performing evil acts. The purpose of the villain is to defeat/subdue/torture the hero through physical/psychological/emotional means. Isolating the hero in an unfriendly environment is lesson 1 in "How to be a villain".
     
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    Kind of interesting how as a culture we view stuff like this.

    Villains- capture enemies, torture, kill (but usually on the the weakest to hurt the hero further)

    Hero- take no prisoners, no problem with killing the villain.

    Not that there aren't exceptions to this, of course, and I definitely don't want to get too into gender theory, but a lot of these traditionally "heroic" characteristics line up with traditionally masculine characteristics, while villainous ones (such as threatening weak prisoners) fall into what would be traditionally thought of as anti-masculine. Obviously, by modern standards, ideally we'd arrest criminals or enemies instead of killing them (without the torture, of course).
     
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    Also, in this movie the dark elf Elena has Nerwin chained up by her wrists like this:
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    Why would Elena have her chained up like this rather than her wrists bound together and locked up? My theory is that Elena wants her to look exposed, vulnerable and helpless. "Displayed like a priceless trophy" is what I put in my fan-story.
     
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